Results 201-220 of 2,839 for speaker:Séamus Healy

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Does the Tánaiste or the Minister of State support the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Will the Tánaiste tell us if she supports the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Would the Minister of State like to tell us if he supports the Hanly report?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: I am asking the Minister of State a question. Would he like to answer it?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: The Minister of State obviously does not want to answer it.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Séamus Healy: Striking a balance between work and family life is an important policy objective at national and European levels and was the intention behind the 1998 Act and this legislation. The impetus for the original legislation came from a 1996 EU directive, while the Bill before us arose from the Sustaining Progress review group on parental leave. I welcome certain provisions in this Bill, such as the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Government to designate south Tipperary and the south-east region for category one status under European Union regional aid for the period 2007 to 2013 given that south Tipperary and the south east have lost out economically and socially over the last period.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the habitual residency rule will be waived in respect of Irish missionaries at home on holiday in order to allow them to avail of the old age pension in cases in which they comply with the various other criteria. [31533/05]

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (2 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities will be instructed to exempt primary schools from the imposition of water charges thus releasing funds for school education and maintenance. [31532/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the immediate need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene in the An Post dispute and to instruct An Post to meet its obligations under the partnership agreement and pay the full increase due under Sustaining Progress to its workers and retired staff.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to recognise the contribution made by carers to Irish society, working 3 million hours each week and saving the State over €1.5 million a year, by significantly increasing the carer's allowance to €190 per week, allowing dual eligibility for...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (10 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent importance, namely, the need for the Government to provide a significant child care package for both working and stay at home parents to enable them to access quality child care at a reasonable cost.

EU Regional Aid. (10 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Currently the new regional aid designations are being considered by the Government and the European Union. The south-east region has made application through its director, Mr. Tom Byrne, by letter dated 29 August 2005 to the Department of Finance for consideration and approval for designation under the draft guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-13. While the regional aid guidelines...

EU Regional Aid. (10 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: It is a matter for the Department of Finance. I am referring to the south-east region and not the southern and eastern region.

Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I welcome this important Bill which deals with a sensitive and, to some extent, confused area. Courts and juries have had difficulties with the issues pertaining to this area over many years. The laws on criminal insanity go back 200 years, from the lunacy Acts of the 1820s to the Juries Act in 1976. The provisions of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill are drawn from the various recommendations...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (15 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Finance if the medical criteria for Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 will be amended to allow easier qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34390/05]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the applications for naturalisation of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [34416/05]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if deportation decisions will be reversed for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [34417/05]

Written Answers — Education Centre Network: Education Centre Network (15 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a centre (details supplied) will be upgraded from part-time status to full-time status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34394/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Nov 2005)

Séamus Healy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to remove the funding cap on rape crisis centres since 2002 particularly in view of the increase of more than 50% in calls to these centres across the country following the publication of the Ferns Report.